Outside the Donghua Gate, because they did not have the right to investigate the case in the Forbidden City, the men of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division evacuated the scene with the body of the assassin.

After the persuasion of King Wei, Lu Xi's father and daughter were escorted home by King Wei's people. Liang Gang led ten guards to remain on standby.

Wei Wang Zhu Zhanyun also stayed here. His meeting with the Tatar envoys today was originally a play, and he didn't have to enter the palace to restore his life, but he couldn't rest assured that his little nephew was not leaving, so he didn't want to leave.

Two hundred Jinwuwei captains were ordered by the Empress Dowager to block the city gate and protect Zhu Qiyue.

The lieutenants showed a lazy state of idleness, sleepy and drowsy, and their minds wandered far away.

Only the relaxed conversation of two hundred households could be heard at the scene.

"The man who shot the assassin must have moved his hand against the palace wall outside the city, and after succeeding in it, he fled the scene without realizing it."

"Impossible! There are also many masters in the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, how can they not even catch a single hair? ”

"If you jump up and shoot an assassin in the palace, this kind of skill is nothing, but it will leave clues, unless that person is sick in the brain!"

"This is not certain, I will be able to see it after Jinyiwei investigates the scene."

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Zhu Qiyue was very bored, he looked at the cold palace wall in front of him, and then looked at the unfamiliar faces around him, only to feel that the disturbing Forbidden City was a place that had stripped away the warmth of the world, and secretly thought: If Sister Lu told some interesting stories about the Forbidden City here, how good it would be!

Facing the concerned gaze of the Tenth Uncle King, he turned to think: It's better to leave here and go to the Tenth Uncle King's side!

At this time, the city gate slowly opened, Jin Ying quickly came to Zhu Qiyue's side, and arched his hand: "The Empress Dowager passed His Royal Highness the Prince into the palace, His Royal Highness is safe, right?" ”

Since Zhu Qiyue first met Jin Ying last year, he has had an excellent impression of the duty-oriented and serious Jin Ying, and after witnessing Wang Zhen's arrogant style, his good impression of Jin Ying has become stronger and stronger compared with the two.

Jin Ying instructed the two hundred households: "You two take the lead, pick out fifty strong captains, and strictly protect His Royal Highness the prince from entering the palace, and no one will be allowed to approach!" ”

Zhu Qiyue's heart warmed, it seemed that there were still people in the Forbidden City who cared about his life and death.

"Thank you Father-in-law Jin, you have worked hard."

Surrounded by all the captains, Zhu Qiyue Yao saluted the tenth uncle, then smiled at Jin Ying and followed him into the city.

Entering the Forbidden City, he couldn't help but turn his head to look north, about ten feet away, where the dark arrow was shot, and there was no one at the moment.

No one outside the city surveyed the site, and the same was true inside the city.

"Father-in-law Jin, hasn't Jinyiwei been heard?" Zhu Qiyue asked.

Jin Ying smiled bitterly and said: "The residence of Xu Gong, the commander of Jinyiwei, is only four miles away from Donghua Gate, if someone sent an order to him, he would have arrived a long time ago, and someone ・・・・・・ it, Your Highness doesn't have to think about it, this Forbidden City, Wanzhong Palace Gate is not terrible, what is terrible is Wanzhong's heart." ”

Herald?

Isn't the person who controls Dongchang and Jinyiwei Wang Zhen? Why didn't he pass the order to Xu Gong?

Zhu Qiyue is young, he can think about some things clearly, but he can't figure out some things.

Suddenly, Wang Zhen came up to him surrounded by a group of small chamberlains.

Seeing Zhu Qiyue from afar, Wang Zhen stopped.

Encountering the person he least wanted to see unexpectedly, the anger in Zhu Qiyue's heart was ignited at this moment, and the anxiety caused by adventure and long waiting was nothing less than an accelerant.

Wang Zhen is in his forties, thin and mediocre, and the only place that people can remember is those eagle-like eyes.

Modern people often refer to the eunuchs in the ancient palace as "eunuchs", which is very absurd. Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, the Ming Palace set up 12 eunuchs and 24 yamen, only the 24 inner yamen were officially eunuchs, and the celebrant was the first of the 12 eunuchs. In addition, there are also the positions of eunuchs who are sent to supervise the army, such as "town guard eunuchs", "garrison eunuchs" and so on. Under the eunuch is the young eunuch, and under the young eunuch there are posts such as the eunuch, the emperor, the book, the chief attendant, and the writing. Therefore, the person who can be called a eunuch is by no means an ordinary person.

Wang Zhenneng ascended to the position of "chief" eunuch thanks to his self-harm behavior back then. He was also a scholar and an instructor at the county school, and like the Ming Dynasty, he felt that it was too difficult to get fame and enter the official career. Because of repeated failures, he changed his way of life - entering the palace as a eunuch, and from this time on. After Zhu Qizhen was born, he was selected to serve as a "waiter in the East Palace" in the imperial palace, serving and teaching the young Zhu Qizhen, so Zhu Qizhen was "respectful" to him, and he was called "sir", and as soon as he ascended the throne, he made him the "chief" eunuch.

Zhu Qiyue had heard many legendary stories about Wang Zhen, but since he heard the bad comments of the Tenth Uncle Wang on Wang Zhen a year ago, the word "legend" slipped away from Zhu Qiyue's mind.

Jin Ying said softly: "When Wang Gongxun saw Mr. Wang, he all bowed to the wind, please don't be rude." ”

Zhu Qiyue was stunned, and walked forward without squinting.

The dignified clan relatives can afford to be inferior to the slaves of the Son of Heaven?

What's more, this house slave has just been arrogant and rude to his father, which is tolerable, which is unbearable!

"It's better to follow Your Majesty and call 'Mr. Wang'." Kim Young commanded again.

Zhu Qiyue just looked in the direction of Qingning Palace from a distance, and walked in front of Wang Zhen as if no one was around.

Seeing that Zhu Qiyue didn't mean to salute, the eyes of the little chamberlain widened, and their eyes slowly moved with his moving figure.

When he was wrong, one of the attendants suddenly shouted, "Please stay!" Father is here, don't be rude. ”

This call was too abrupt, and the consequences were serious.

A well-spoken little prince with anger in his chest is bound to embarrass the initiator.

Zhu Qiyue stopped suddenly, and said angrily to the chamberlain: "You little chamberlain, you dare to shout and shout in the palace, you clearly have the courage of a thief, I think you are the thief who released the secret arrow!" ”

This is very strange from the mouth of a child involved in the case.

Naturally, others don't believe such a confession, but if the Empress Dowager believes it in anger, the designated person will have to lose his skin if he doesn't die.

It's the rhythm of the dead!

The chamberlain shuddered and looked at Wang Zhen in fear.

Before Wang Zhen could speak, Jin Ying rushed forward and shouted at the group of little servants: "You little guys, there is a shocking case at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and you don't go to shout for people to investigate the case, but you are making trouble here for no reason, are you watching the excitement?" He didn't dare to let the little prince be humiliated, after all, it was about the face of the Queen Mother and his own mission.

Jin Ying is a senior eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, and a year ago he was the best candidate for the eunuch of the celebrant to hold the seal, but he was offside by Wang Zhen with the favor of the Son of Heaven. ，

"Brother Jin, how do you know that I didn't shout at people? Jin Yiwei will arrive immediately. Wang Zhen's tone was not in a hurry, and he was still jealous in the face of his former boss.

"Immediately? It's been half an hour, everyone understands people, and it's useless to talk more! ”

Wang Zhen's face turned pale.

I didn't expect Jin Ying to be such a responsible person, throwing a knife more ruthlessly than anyone else.

What is "too much to say"? is clearly ironic for his intention to delay!

"His Royal Highness the Prince was in danger of being plotted by thieves, and we, as ministers, should be aware of the emperor's 'kiss' meaning, and when we saw His Royal Highness the Prince, we should have sincerely greeted him."

Another knife was thrown, and Wang Zhen's face was angry.

dared to accuse himself of ignoring the life and death of the royal family, Jin Ying was too much!

But isn't that the case?

"It's okay not to ask about the safety of the royal family, you should always put your mind on the case, find out the culprit as soon as possible, share the worries of the queen mother and the emperor, and do your duty." Jin Ying's tone is calm, as if he is talking.

Wang Zhen was even more angry.

The dignified "chief" eunuch became so unbearable after the other party's understatement.

"Why bother with such trivial matters as etiquette?" Kim Young finally finished the last sentence.

Damn! This is just the beginning, where do you get to be haunted?

Wang Zhen couldn't hold it anymore, "Nonsense! The Ming Dynasty has a strict etiquette system, and this Forbidden City is a place with a thorough etiquette, do you think this is a vegetable market? ”